Post by MANDAJAYNE on Jan 3, 2010 18:23:01 GMT -5
Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? A butterfly's wings might
create tiny changes in the atmosphere that may ultimately alter the path of, delay, accelerate or even
prevent a natural disaster. The flapping wing could cause a small change in the initial condition of the
system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale alterations of events. Had the butterfly not
flapped its wings, the world might be a vastly different place. Do small events cause large-scale changes?
Say, for instance, if someone's life went just a little bit differently. If just one thing changed that made
everything else different too, could that one thing alter the course of not just their life but the lives of the
people around them as well? Consider, for example, the life of Petunia Evans. What if Petunia had been born
a witch? What if Petunia had gone to Hogwarts two years before her sister? Could that one small change
potentially alter the lives of everyone around her? What if because Petunia went to Hogwarts her sister
never died? What if Lily married Severus Snape rather than James Potter? What if Harry Potter, the
boy who lived, was never born? What if the events of the first Wizarding War were altered greatly,
simply because Petunia Evans was a witch?
Welcome to the world, new comer. It is 1976 and today's young witches and wizards are right in the
middle of the decade of discontent. Life has never been so good, but nor has there ever been so much
trouble. Voldemort is rising and people are following him like sheep. There are those that resist, but they
are few compared to his followers. No matter what happens, the fact stands that life will never be the same.
